News Round-Up

“Prince Andrew tests positive for Covid and will miss St Paul’s service” – Prince Andrew has tested positive for coronavirus and will therefore not be attending Friday’s Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral in London, Buckingham Palace said, according to the Mail.
“‘If you don’t show up we will assume you have resigned’: Elon Musk doubles down on his new WFH ultimatum to Tesla executives telling staff they must be in the office with their colleagues” – Outspoken CEO Elon Musk has sent out a second email to Tesla staff, clarifying a previous assertion sent to execs saying they will be fired unless they return to the office fulltime, reports the Mail.
“Beijing’s migrant workers clash with police in rare protest over Covid controls” – Videos quickly deleted by Government censors showed hundreds of angry commuters chanting “we need to commute; we need to eat”, reports the Telegraph.
“Holidaymakers are paying the price for Boris Johnson’s pandemic flip-flopping” – When Omicron hit, the reaction from the travel industry was entirely logical (if incorrect), anticipating that the U.K. would once again be among the last to end restrictions, writes Oliver Gill in the Telegraph.
“Canadian bank apologises for freezing civil liberties protester’s account” – It did it at the behest of the Government, says Reclaim the Net.
“If this is an inquiry, President Metsola, why are there no tough questions?” – How does the European Parliament know what the Covid Committee will find before it has even begun looking, asks Ciarán McCollum at Scaled.
“China’s cruel and pointless massacre of pets is an exercise in power” – One of the most upsetting aspects of the lockdown in Shanghai has been the recent rounding up for slaughter of hundreds, maybe thousands of domestic pets, writes Kate Dunlop in TCW Defending Freedom.
“They’ve officially forbidden the practice of medicine in Ontario, Canada” – Any doctor in Ontario, Canada who doesn’t toe the line will have his or her licence revoked, and California is headed that way too, writes Steve Kirsch.
“CEO of large Spanish pharma company bought a fake vaccine card” – Why would someone – a pharma CEO, no less – pay $200,000 and risk a long prison sentence to avoid taking a perfectly safe vaccine that will keep him from dying from Covid, asks Steve Kirsch.
“The youngsters sacrificed on the Covid vaccine altar” – Freedom of information releases from two NHS trusts show that heart failure diagnostic clinic referrals in 2021 were many times higher than in previous years, writes Harry Dougherty in TCW Defending Freedom.
“Neither Ukraine nor Russia can win now” – The paradox is that a settlement is desperately needed, but there can be no lasting peace with Putin, argues Jonathan Shaw in the Telegraph.
“Shell gets green light for biggest North Sea oil project in decades” – The Telegraph reports that the Jackdaw field is expected to start production in 2025, in the latest signal that energy reality is winning out over Net Zero idealism.
“Bar chiefs in free speech dispute” – Bar leaders are at the centre of a row over policing sexual preferences and lawyers’ freedom of speech on social media platforms as the Allison Bailey employment tribunal case exposes deep divisions among top lawyers, reports the Times.
“CPS hires transgender activist who used derogatory term about women” – Sophie Cook has been appointed the CPS’s “speak-out champion”. ‘She’ will work four days per week and mostly from home, according to the job advert, reports the Mail. Sarah Phillimore in the Critic is not impressed.
“Is William Shakespeare racist?” – His play Henry VIII says he might be, according to an anti-racist webinar put on by the Globe, writes Lloyd Evans in the Spectator.
“‘I’m not woke’, says JP Morgan’s Jamie Dimon” – Mr Dimon describes himself as “a red-blooded free-market capitalist” who just happens to think that woke causes are politically neutral and good for business, reports the Telegraph. Oh dear.

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